[citation needed] The Sweeten family moved to California when the twins were six months old; the siblings were cast less than a year later.

[2] On April 23, 2015, Sweeten died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, nineteen days before his 20th birthday.

[2] Sweeten's on-screen mother Patricia Heaton said that he was "a funny and exceptionally bright young man.

"[5] Sweeten's on-screen grandmother Doris Roberts remembered Sawyer as "a very sweet young man" and reminded fans to "make sure your loved ones know how much you care about them.

Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and husband of co-star Monica Horan, remembered Sawyer, his twin brother Sullivan, and their older sister Madylin as "children that never failed to make us laugh, or remind us of how we feel about our own children".